Political Psychology

Research published in the September issue of Political Research Quarterly has found partisan media affects attitudes toward presidential candidates.

Every day, people donate to charities, volunteer to clean up city parks, or scale back their driving to curb air pollution.

New research published in PLoS One suggests that racial concerns do play a role in support for tea party groups.

Research published online July 3 in Political Research Quarterly has found that news coverage of female politicians focuses more on character traits and less on their policy arguments than it does for their male counterparts.

When it comes to topics like abortion or assisted suicide, there seems to be no common ground between conservatives and liberals. Why is there such a noticeable rift between the two political orientations?

Young conservatives believe they are more conservative than they actually are, according to research published June 13 in Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Conservatives are more likely than liberals to identify mixed-race individuals as Black, according to a series of new studies by researchers at New York University.

Public opinion surveys may be understating opposition to same-sex marriage due to social desirability bias, according to research published in American Politics Research in April.

Men's upper-body strength predicts their political opinions on economic redistribution, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Some targeted messages based on political orientation are more effective at persuading consumers to recycle, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Research published online April 23 in Psychological Science found that hormonal fluctuations associated with fertility influenced women's religious and political orientation differently depending on their relationship status.

A strong belief in a hands off approach to economics is tightly linked to the rejection of scientific facts such as climate change, according to research published in Psychological Science in late March. "The conspiracist ideation that all of the...

Research published in the May issue of American Politics Research has confirmed what many have already suspected. Attempting to increase voter turnout through the use of social pressure can be a harmful campaign strategy, resulting in backlash against the candidate....

Low-income parents who receive federal child care subsidies are more satisfied with their child care than those who don’t receive such help, according to a recent study.

The perceived harms associated with drug use are not reflected in the United States illicit substance classification system, according to research published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. The findings suggest the Control Substance Act is at odds with the opinions...